The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.39° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.30° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.